Dance

Reviews

The Jump

Artistic direction and choreography Jesús Carmona

Compañía Jesús Carmona

Sadler's Wells

28–29 June 2022

Infinite

Humanhood - Julia Robert, Rudi Cole

Humanhood

Northern Stage

24 June 2022

Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice—Him & Me!

Directed and choreographed by Alan Burkitt

Strictly Theatre Company

Peacock Theatre

18–19 June 2022

The Crucible

Choreography Helen Pickett, music Peter Salem

Scottish Ballet

Sadler’s Wells

14–18 June 2022

The Car Man

Choreography Matthew Bourne, music Rodion Shchedrin after Bizet, and Terry Da...

New Adventures

Royal Albert Hall

9–19 June 2022

The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)

Choreography Pina Bausch, music Igor Stravinsky

École des Sables (Senegal)

Sadler’s Wells

7–11 June 2022

Tristan and Isolde

Choreography, lighting and costume design Saburo Teshigawara, music Wagner

Electric Japan Season

Coronet Theatre

2–10 June 2022

A.I.M: Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth

Choreography Kyle Abraham, music Mozart and Jlin

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham

Sadler’s Wells

31 May–1 June 2022

Carmen

Choreographer and director Didy Veldman, music Dave Price

Bird & Carrot Productions

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

27–28 May 2022

Anne of Green Gables

Jenna Lee

London Children's Ballet

Peacock Theatre

26–29 May 2022

ENB Emerging Dancer Award 2022

English National Ballet

Mulryan Centre for Dance, London City Island

19 May 2022

Rambert Triple Bill: Eye Candy / Cerberus / Following the Subtle Current Upstream

Choreography Imre van Opstal and Marne van Opstal, Ben Duke, Alonzo King

Rambert

Sadler's Wells

18–21 May 2022

Casanova

Script by Ian Kelly and Kenneth Tindall, adapted from the former’s biography ...

Northern Ballet

The Lowry, Salford

18–21 May 2022

Unite for Ukraine

Director Viviana Durante

Central School of Ballet, Elmhurst Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Northern Ballet School, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, The Royal Ballet School

Sadler's Wells

15 May 2022

Wild Tango

Choreographer and artistic director Germán Cornejo

Germán Cornejo’s Dance Company

Peacock Theatre

12–21 May 2022

Casanova

Choreography Kenneth Tindall, music Kerry Muzzey

Northern Ballet

Sadler’s Wells

10–14 May 2022

Remembering The Oscars

Aljaž Skorjanec & Janette Manrara

Peacock Theatre

2–7 May 2022

Marianela Nuñez and Matthew Ball, A Month in the Country

Scènes de Ballet, A Month in the Country, Rhapsody

Frederick Ashton

The Royal Ballet

Royal Opera House

23 April–2 May 2022

Paco Peña Solera

Director Jude Kelly

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company

Sadler's Wells

20–24 April 2022

Contemporary Dance 2.0

Choreography and score (mainly) by Hofesh Shechter

Hofesh Shechter Company I / Shechter II

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

20–21 April 2022

Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games

Michael Flatley

De Montfort Hall, Leicester

15–17 April 2022

BalletBoyz: Deluxe

Xie Xin (Ripple) and Maxine Doyle (Bradley 4:18)

BalletBoyz and Sadler’s Wells

Grand Opera House, York

11 April 2022

Diversity Connected 2022 Tour

Creator, director and choreographer Ashley Banjo, musical compositions Fraser...

Diversity

London Palladium

7–10 April 2022

Jungle Book reimagined

Written by Tariq Jordan, choreography by Akram Khan

Akram Khan Company

Curve Theatre, Leicester

2–9 April 2022

News

McGregor to lead National Youth Dance

29 June 2022

Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor will be the Guest Artistic Director of National Youth Dance Company for 2022–23.

Sadler's Wells East topping out

24 June 2022

London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture announced a participation opportunity for young east Londoners at the Sadler’s Wells East topping out ceremony.

Protein's Refugee Week programme

13 June 2022

Luca Silvestrini’s Protein's programme for Refugee Week includes dance workshops for refugees and migrants, training opportunities and the documentary There And Here.

Elmhurst's summer Ascent

13 June 2022

Elmhurst Ballet School, with Birmingham Royal Ballet, is to present a summer run of shows under the title Ascent.

Rapture on ice for resort

10 June 2022

Hot Ice returns to the Arena at Blackpool Pleasure Beach with a new show: Rapture.

Dancing at Dusk free digital return

5 June 2022

Dancing at Dusk returns to Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage for a four-week run.

Oti is here, in more than name

1 June 2022

Oti Mabuse from Strictly Come Dancing brings her I Am Here tour to The Lowry in Salford.

Greenwich Dance in the park

29 May 2022

Greenwich Dance's Summer in the Park is a series of free performances featuring Autin Dance Theatre, Joseph Toonga, Folk Dance Remixed and more.

1,000 young people demand climate action through music and dance

27 May 2022

Trinity Laban's Hope 4 Justice is part of We Are Lewisham, the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2022.

Rhianna Gouldbourne, Hair, Wigs and Make Up Apprentice 2022

Apply for Royal Opera House apprenticeship

25 May 2022

Nine apprenticeships are available across Royal Opera House departments.

Royal Opera House cinema season

25 May 2022

Thirteen productions of ballet and opera, including three world premières, will be broadcast.

Royal Ballet promotions

25 May 2022

William Bracewell and Reece Clarke have been promoted to Principal dancer from the start of the 2022–23 season.

1,000 young people in climate emergency performance

15 May 2022

Young people from Lewisham and Trinity Laban will perform in a large-scale music and dance performance, Hope 4 Justice.

Flamenco Festival returns to Sadler's Wells

15 May 2022

Flamenco Festival will return for the first time since 2019 with eight dance and four music events across two weeks.

Full week of celebrations: the B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival

Hip-Hop festival to return to Birmingham

13 May 2022

The annual, free B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival is to return to Birmingham after a two-year absence.

Amici Dance Theatre at the Lyric

13 May 2022

Amici Dance Theatre will bring together international artists for One World at Lyric Hammersmith.

Rudolf Nureyev in Le Corsaire curtain call

Nureyev gala celebration

13 May 2022

Nureyev Legend and Legacy will be at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 2022.

Emergence back at Waterside

8 May 2022

Emergence returns to Waterside in Sale with a mixed bill of dance.

Strictly reunited in Salford

8 May 2022

Two of BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s professional dancers reunite in Salford June 26.

Triple treat from Rambert

8 May 2022

Rambert returns to The Lowry May 25–27 with three contrasting short pieces.

UK’s largest dance festival returns to Birmingham

5 May 2022

Birmingham International Dance Festival is to return with three free outdoor weekends.

Isaac Hernandez, Natalia Osipova and Jason Kittelberger in Carmen

Osipova is new Carmen

4 May 2022

Natalia Osipova, Principal of The Royal Ballet, is to star in a new version of Carmen, choreographed and directed by Didy Veldman.

∞ {Infinite} premières in UK

4 May 2022

HUMANHOOD Dance Company will presents the UK premiere of ∞ {Infinite}, a "dance theatre meditation", in Salford, Newcastle and Birmingham.

Next Generation dance festival at Linbury

4 May 2022

The Royal Ballet's Next Generation Festival of emerging artists from junior companies and dance schools from around the world is at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House.

Blackpool feels the Burn

1 May 2022

The original Broadway production of Jason Gilkison’s Burn The Floor is being recreated for a limited tour heading to Blackpool Opera House July 21.

Lancaster dance collaboration

1 May 2022

Lancaster's LPM Dance has teamed up with one of the most renowned dance companies in a unique international collaboration.

Rob Jones is new Sadler's Wells Associate

30 April 2022

Sadler’s Wells has appointed Rob Jones to the new role of Associate Artistic Director from August 2022.

An advanced level ballet class in English National Ballet’s studios at the Mulryan Centre for Dance in East London

Take dance classes with ENB

25 April 2022

After a two-year hiatus, English National Ballet’s in-person classes are resuming at the Company’s east London home.

Yaoqian Shang and Mathias Dingman in a previous performance of An Evening of Music and Dance

Birmingham Royal Ballet to showcase its talent

21 April 2022

Birmingham Royal Ballet is to showcase its dancers, new talent and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia in a week-long residency at the city’s Rep theatre.

Crossing continents to Contact

20 April 2022

At Contact in Manchester, Between Tiny Cities, follows a dance exchange between Darwin’s D*City Rockers and Cambodia’s Tiny Toones programme.

Casanova returns to Lowry

20 April 2022

Northern Ballet brings history’s most notorious lover back to Salford with its sensual ballet Casanova.

ENBS students Jamie Constance and Valeria Garcia

Unite for Ukraine London dance gala

20 April 2022

Six of the UK's top dance schools will perform together in support of young people in Ukraine at Sadler’s Wells.

Dance towards your future

17 April 2022

The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance has announced dates for its next two open days.

Tamara Rojo, Justine Simons and Sadiq Khan

ENB search for new Artistic Director

16 April 2022

English National Ballet has launched an international search for a new Artistic Director to succeed Tamara Rojo.

ENB Emerging Dancer live-stream

16 April 2022

English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition will be broadcast live on YouTube from the Mulryan Centre for Dance.

Vardimon Diploma tour and bursaries

16 April 2022

Jasmin Vardimon Company’s Professional Development Diploma JV2 dancers take to the road, and the company announces five bursaries.

Protein dance workshops for refugees

9 April 2022

Protein is running a three-week project at The Place Theatre in London, working with a group of asylum seeker and refugee participants.

Sadler’s Wells open call for Young Associates

9 April 2022

Sadler’s Wells has announced the opening of recruitment for The Young Associates Programme for 2023–2024.

Bourne's Car Man at Albert Hall

7 April 2022

Matthew Bourne's New Adventures has announced the casting for The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall in June 2022.

Farah Saleh and Jamal Bajali in PAST-inuous

Farah Saleh at the Fruitmarket

5 April 2022

Edinburgh Fruitmarket's new Warehouse space will welcome Palestinian dance artist Farah Saleh for free performances.